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- noun Plural form of
lick . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
lick .
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Examples
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Popular artists of the time were welcomed and encouraged to listen to the recordings, steal the licks from the music, and incorporate it into their own songs which would be later recorded as yet more major label works.
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The traces led to "licks" - bubbling mineral springs that drew buffalo by the thousands.
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Even the wild animals will make long journeys in search of those salt-springs -- or, as they are called, "licks" -- which exist in many places in the wilderness of America.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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Even the wild animals will make long journeys in search of those salt-springs -- or, as they are called, "licks" -- which exist in many places in the wilderness of America.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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James Frey — the truculent tough guy who used to compare himself to Hemingway — now sat like a boy in detention, gloomily taking his licks from the nation’s headmistress until he seemed to whimper.
Boy, I wish I’d seen this | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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Since these “greeting licks” are often accompanied by wagging tails, mouths opened playfully, and general excitement, it is not a stretch to say that the licks are a way to express happiness that you have returned.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Since these “greeting licks” are often accompanied by wagging tails, mouths opened playfully, and general excitement, it is not a stretch to say that the licks are a way to express happiness that you have returned.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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The licks were the best places for the hunter to kill these animals.
Last of the Pioneers, Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). John Coram 1902
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These springs were called licks, by the early settlers, because cattle were fond of licking around them.
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They will fequent such "licks" heavily during this time period.
What do you guys think about Deer Cane or any other store-bought deer attractant. 2009
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